Re: [HACKERS] Teaching query_planner to handle multiple sort orders? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Gierth
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Teaching query_planner to handle multiple sort orders?
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Teaching query_planner to handle multiple sort orders?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
>> Of course there is one good solution, which is to have query_planner>> take a set of acceptable output sort orders
ratherthan just a>> single one.
 
>> How wild an idea is this?
Tom> It's been on my to-do list for years, see e.g.Tom> https://postgr.es/m/5702.1480896563@sss.pgh.pa.us
Tom> The idea wouldn't have been very helpful before the upper plannerTom> got path-ified, but now the only stumbling
blockis a shortage ofTom> round tuits.
 

I'll take a shot at it, then.

-- 
Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)



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